The smartphones sale in India has increased threefold in the second quarter of the current calendar year, with shipments growing over 50% sequentially. Samsung continues to hold the number one position, accounting for 26% market share, followed by Indian phone maker Micromax and Karbonn that took the second and third positions cornering market shares of 22% and 13%, respectively  in last quarter according to IDC report.

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The Big Screen smartphone known as Phablets (with screen size between 5 and 6.9 inches) have cornered 30% of total shipments, according to an International Data Corporation (IDC) report.

According to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) AP Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 9.3 million smartphones in 2Q13 compared to 3.5 million units in the same period of 2012. 2Q13 grew by more than 50% over the units shipped in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13).

The 5.0 inch-6.99 inch screen size smartphones, or phablets, grew 17 times YoY and the phablet share has steadily risen to 30% of the smartphone market in 2Q13.

As the largest feature phone market in APeJ and second largest for smartphones, India recorded a 21% growth YoY and a modest 4% growth quarter over quarter (QoQ) for total mobile phones, with the share of feature phones sliding further to make 85% of the total market in 2Q13.

While Samsung and Nokia still dominate the Indian market, Nokia’s share has been steadily dropping, mainly driven by intense competition from local vendors. Amongst the local vendors, most of the bigger ones have successfully transitioned their lead in feature phones to smartphones, including Micromax, Karbonn, Lava, Intex and Celkon.